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– People with celebrities can go to Pyongyang and then they will be offered ballistic missile technology. Not good. It is dangerous!
That’s what Hugh Griffiths says. He is part of the UN team of experts that is investigating North Korea’s violation of the international sanctions the country is subject to. A month ago, they presented in a report that the dictatorship has, or has tried, to sell arms to some 30 states and armed groups, writes SVT.
Last week it emerged that a Danish chef with disability benefits for 11 years had infiltrated an association of friends from Denmark and North Korea and rose through the ranks to become an arms dealer.
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– Never seen price lists
Eleven years later, the Dane is involved in the secret arms and drug trade. It appears, among other things, that a clandestine arms factory will be built in Uganda, which would constitute a flagrant violation of the UN arms embargo against North Korea.
The documentary, which was made by Mads Brügger and will be broadcast on NRK in Norway, has given Griffiths new information that he has never had before.
– We have never seen price lists before, Griffiths tells SVT.
– For between 5 and 20 million dollars, you can buy up to five different models of scud rockets. Who knows what will happen when weapons of mass destruction start to be put up for sale.
Cynical and grotesque
On Monday night, it became clear that the documentary will be taken to the UN Sanctions Committee, says Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod.
The documentary raises great concern in Sweden and Denmark, says Kofod during an EU meeting in Luxembourg.
– In response to these concerns, we have decided to ask our envoys to the UN to inform the UN Sanctions Committee about the documentary. We will also raise the issue in the EU, says Kofod.
Kofod, which Ekstra Bladet calls the North Korean government “cynical and grotesque,” wants sanctions against the country to be better applied.
NRK Brennpunkt has joined forces with the Danish DR, the Swedish SVT and the British BBC, on the documentary that was initiated and promoted by two private television production companies; Norwegian Piraya and Danish Wingman.
